Integration of approaches to increasing water use efficiency in rice-based systems in southeast Australia

Field Crops Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 19-33

  Humphreys, E ^b   Lewin, L G ^a   Khan, S ^a,b   Beecher, H G ^a,c   Lacy, J M ^a,c   Thompson, J A ^a,c   Batten, G D ^a,d   Brown, A ^a,d   Russell, C A ^a,d,e   Christen, E W ^a,b   Dunn, B W ^a,c  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Rice Production ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Ctr Excellence in Nat Rsrc Mgmt   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integrated water management; Models; Policy; Rice; Rice based cropping systems; SWAGMAN; Water productivity; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CROPS; IRRIGATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT; RICE; RICE-BASED CROPPING SYSTEMS; SWAGMAN; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

WATER SUPPLY;

CROPPING PRACTICE; IRRIGATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RICE; SALINIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD;

FARM CROPS; IRRIGATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33644558711     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2005.08.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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